From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1ba8c21ddfbe0b1e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-06 10:08:46 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!rutgers!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!uunet!news.mathworks.com!panix!cmcl2!thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!thecourier.cims.nyu.edu!nobody From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: "Subtract C, add Ada" Date: 5 Jan 1995 18:56:04 -0500 Organization: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Message-ID: <3ei0uk$9s2@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> References: <3eft29$ee2@felix.seas.gwu.edu> <3ehcik$lc0@oahu.cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gnat.cs.nyu.edu Date: 1995-01-05T18:56:04-05:00 List-Id: "Where is C sucks, Ada rules" I'll tell you where, in inappropriate posts to comp.lang.ada, that's where! John's papres are excellently presented, and I think giving them more of a langauge wars slant would be a big mistake. Yes, if you read the papers you will get an important message if you are not deaf, but the critical issue here is not simple us vs them language comparisons.